Bachelor Nation Stars Have Some Pretty Strong Feelings About That Dramatic Finale

Warning: There are spoilers ahead for the Monday, March 5, season 22 finale of The Bachelor.

After what was considered by many to be a relatively dull outing, The Bachelor season 22 concluded in dramatic fashion on Monday, March 5, when Arie Luyendyk Jr. sent Lauren Burnham home and proposed to Becca Kufrin — only to change his mind a few weeks later.

What followed was an unedited, super-emotional, on-camera breakup, with Arie admitting to Becca — his fiancée — that he was still in love with the woman he had let go. It wasn’t a totally unprecedented move, of course — there have been plenty of dramatic endings in the show’s history. But that didn’t make watching it unfold any less uncomfortable. In fact, it was downright brutal.

Members of Bachelor Nation agreed, and were very vocal on social media about the cringe-fest.

1. Ben Higgins, who told both JoJo Fletcher and Lauren Bushnell that he loved them on his season 20 finale, tweeted his disbelief that Arie and Becca’s conversation ended up on camera. He then also wondered if it meant that he and Jason Mesnick — whose previous on-camera Bachelor breakup serves as Arie’s closest predecessor — were now off the hook.

How did this breakup end up on camera? Seems like a private conversation. We don’t belong in this conversation….but im still watching #TheBachelor

The show was over 30 mins ago and Catherine is still in the red zone. She’s talking so fast I’m not sure she’s getting air. She’s very angry. She’s telling me all the things she would have done to me in if she were Becca. I’m scared.

11. Evan Bass, another Bachelor success story, was left explaining the finale to his nine-year-old son. Not an enviable position to be in!

My 9 year old came running up the stairs asking “Who won?” and I had to explain to him that this is not a game show and those of us that win really only get a minivan, a wife, children, and a neil lane ring (not necessarily in that order) #thebachelor

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